Table 4

Estimated incremental use of GP, specialist, and ultrasound services appointments over the life of the program

Year

Number of people in cohort

Incremental appointments per program year


GP

Specialist

Ultrasound


Year 1

290

406

169

99


Year 2

875

1,165

483

282


Year 3

1462

1,808

758

436


Year 4

1,452

1,734

759

419


Year 5

1,442

1,628

765

402


Year 8*

1,404

1,346

718

379


Year 13

1,342

1,030

561

291


Year 18

1,257

776

433

213


Year 23

1,150

574

340

158


Year 28

1,020

413

266

116


Year 33

861

284

200

82


Year 38

683

183

142

56


Year 43

499

109

93

36


Year 48

331

58

57

21


* Assumes recruitment is completed in year 4

For years 6-50, we calculated the mid-point figures for each 5 year period

Robotin et al. BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:215   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-10-215

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